As a special addition to the 2007 program, we are pleased to announce the return of the highly successful Networking Center, which will act as a central gathering place for attendees to check in and pick up their registration credentials, meet for breakfast, check their email at the Internet Cafe, or just sit and chat about the latest neurotrauma news.

SUNDAY, JULY 29 - Main Arrivals

Registration Desk Open

After 6:00 PM

POSTER MOUNTING

Century Ballroom A/B

7:15 - 9:30 PM

NNS Officers and Councilors Dinner/Meeting

MONDAY, JULY 30

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Networking Center, Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open

8:00 - 8:15 AM

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

Bruce Lyeth, Ph.D., President

National Neurotrauma Society

8:15 - 9:45 AM

CME: 1.5

SESSION 1 - REWIRING THE BRAIN IN RECOVERY FROM CNS TRAUMA

Chair: Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD

Co-Chair:  Deborah Watson, PhD

L1 OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO RECOVERY 

- Theresa Hernandez, PhD

L2 FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING AS A PHYSIOLOGIC ASSAY FOR MOTOR LEARNING AFTER CNS INJURY

-Bruce Dobkin, MD

L3 NORADRENERGIC MECHANISMS OF RECOVERY AFTER FOCAL BRAIN INJURY

- Larry B. Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FAHA

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

POSTER SESSION A

Posters P1 - P16 (Top 16 Student Abstracts - Judging Session A) and P17 - P127

Century Ballroom A/B

11:00 - 11:45 AM

CME: 0.75

SESSION 2 - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS A (SCI)

Chair: Diane Snow, PhD

NOVEL ALTERATIONS TO PDZ LIGAND-DOMAIN BINDING FOLLOWING IN VITRO NEURONAL STRETCH INJURY: MOLECULAR CASCADES LEADING TO GLUR2 ENDOCYTOSIS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS.

- Joshua Bell, University of Toronto

SPINAL CORD INJURY ACTIVATES THE NALP1 INFLAMMASOME IN NEURONS AND ASC NEUTRALIZATION IMPROVES HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES.

- Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, University of Miami Miller

DISTINCT INTRASPINAL MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION PROTOCOLS DIFFERENTIALLY INFLUENCE OLIGODENDROCYTE GENESIS.

- David Schonberg, Ohio State University

11:00 - 11:45 AM

CME: 0.75

SESSION 2 - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS B (TBI)

Chair: Helen Bramlett, PhD

NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF TEMPOL, A CATALYTIC SCAVENGER OF PEROXYNITRITE-DERIVED FREE RADICALS, IN THE MOUSE CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT INJURY MODEL.

- Ying Deng-Bryant, SCoBIRC

EFFECT OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE ON CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW FOLLOWING HEAD TRAUMA.

- Lesley Foley, Carnegie Mellon University

EFFECTS OF TIMING, LOCATION, AND ENVIRONMENT ON NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANT SURVIVAL, MIGRATION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

- Deborah Shear, Field Neurosciences Institute

11:45 - 1:00 PM
CME: TBD

L4 SPECIAL PRESENTATION LUNCH

Improving Outcomes and Processes in Traumatic Brain Injury – The Adam Williams Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative

SPEAKERS - Mary Kay Bader RN, MSN, CCNS, Elizabeth Seislove RN, MSN, Teresa Hills RN, MSN, ACNP, Kristine O'Phelan, MD

Lunch will be provided for all delegates. Sponsored by the Adams Williams Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative.

1:00 - 2:30 PM

CME: 1.5

SESSION 3 - REHABILITATION THERAPY: DOES IT WORK?

Chair: Pramod Dash, PhD

Co-Chair:  Amy Wagner, MD

L5 NEURAL PLASTICITY AND MOTOR REHABILITATION AFTER CORTICAL DAMAGE

- Theresa Jones, PhD

1:30 - 2:00

L6 SCI - REHABILITATION AND AGING

- Aime Jackson, MD

L7 TBI- EVIDENCE BASIS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE AND FUTURE VENUES FOR RESEARCH

- Ross Zafonte, DO

2:30 - 3:45 PM

POSTER SESSION B

Posters P1 - P16 (Top 16 Student Abstracts - Judging Session A) and P17 - P127

Century Ballroom A/B

3:45- 5:15 PM

CME: 1.5

SESSION 4 - EFFECTS OF AGING ON CNS INJURY (TBI & SCI)

Chair: Candace Floyd, PhD

Co-Chair: Hilaire Thompson, PhD

L8 OUTCOMES AFTER CNS INJURY IN THE ELDERLY:  AGING OR AGEISM?

- Julio Furlan, MD, MBA, PhD

L9 TBI IS A PROGRESSIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE

- Douglas H. Smith, MD

L10 SPECIAL MEMORY DEFICITS IN AGED TBI PATIENTS

- Harvey Levin, PhD

5:15 - 5:45 PM

NNS BUSINESS MEETING

All NNS members are invited to attend.

5:45 - 6:45 PM

"WINTRbrainSTORM" BUSINESS MEETING                   Open to all delegates

5:30 - 6:45 PM

POSTER REMOVAL (Sessions A&B)

POSTER MOUNTING (Sessions C&D)

Century Ballroom A/B

6:45 - 8:15 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION
Included with all delegate and accompanying spouse registrations. 

TUESDAY, JULY 31

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Networking Center, Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00- 9:30 AM

CME: 1.5

SESSION 5- THE NEURO-ICU AS A HUMAN SUBJECT LABORATORY

Chair: David Hovda, PhD

Co-Chair: Kristine O'Phelan, MD

L11 HUMAN NEUROCHEMISTRY MEASUREMENTS IN THE ICU

 - Lars Hillered, MD, PhD

L12 NEUROMONITORING FOR THE DETECTION OF DRUG EFFECTS IN ACUTE HUMAN TBI--THE ROLE OF PHASE IIA TRIALS

- Ross Bullock, MD, PhD

L13 BRAIN IMAGING AND CONTINUOUS BRAIN MONITORING IN THE NEURO-ICU

- Paul Vespa, MD

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

POSTER SESSION C

Posters P1 - P16 (Top 16 Student Abstracts - Judging Session B) and P128 - P240

Century Ballroom A/B

10:45 - 11:30 AM

CME: 0.75

SESSION 6 - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS C (SCI)

Chair:  Linda Noble, PhD

EFFECTS OF MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING AGENT, 2,4-DINITROPHENOL, OR NITROXIDE ANTIOXIDANT, TEMPOL, ON MITOCHONDRIAL INTEGRITY FOLLOWING ACUTE CONTUSION SPINAL CORD INJURY.

- Samir Patel, University of Kentucky

PLASTICITY OF LUMBOSACRAL PROPRIOSPINAL NEURONS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA AFTER THORACIC SPINAL CORD TRANSECTION.

- Shaoping Hou, University of Kentucky

IN VIVO TRAFFICKING OF AMPA-TYPE GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN SPINAL MOTONEURONS IN RESPONSE TO TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA.

- Adam Ferguson, University of California 

10:45 - 11:30 AM

CME: 0.75

SESSION 6 - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS D (TBI)

Chair: Kathy Saatman, PhD

MULTIPLE RISK FACTORS FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE: PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

- Che Hutson, University of California

BIOMARKER AND HISTOLOGIC STUDY OF M1-SELECTIVE ANTICHOLINERGIC TREATMENT IN RAT FLUID PERCUSSION BRAIN INJURY.

- Christopher Cox, U.C. Davis

ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING AS A NON-INVASIVE TOOL FOR DETECTING DIFFUSION AXONAL INJURIES IN A RODENT MODEL OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

- Nisrine Zakaria, Wayne State University

11:30 - 12:45 PM

DELEGATE LUNCH

Box Lunches will be available for purchase. 

Those attending the WINTR Session may take their lunches into the meeting room.

11:30 - 12:45 PM

CME: 1.0

L14 WINTR SPECIAL SESSION

"Writing the Perfect Analysis, Potential Problems, and Solutions Portion of your Grant"

- D. James Surmeier, PhD

Open to all delegates

12:45 - 2:15 PM

CME: 1.5

SESSION 7 - UNDERSTUDIED AREAS OF CNS TRAUMA

Chair: Claire Hulsebosch, PhD

Co-Chair: David Okonkwo, MD, PhD

L15 WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT MECHANISMS OF TRAUMATIC UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND MEMORY DYSFUNCTION  

- Tom Gennarelli, MD

L16 RESTORATION OF BLADDER FUNCTION AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY

- Leif Havton, MD, PhD

L17 MECHANISMS OF CENTRAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY: ROLE OF INTRACELLULAR KINASES AND CREB

- Eric Crown, PhD

2:15 - 3:30 PM

POSTER SESSION D

Posters P1 - P16 (Top 16 Student Abstracts - Judging Session B) and P128 - P240

Century Ballroom A/B

2:15 - 3:30 PM

BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

3:30 - 5:00 PM

CME: 1.5

SESSION 8 - ADVANCES IN IMAGING: MOLECULAR IMAGING OF THE HUMAN AND ANIMAL BRAIN AFTER CNS INJURY

Chair: William Brooks, PhD

Co-Chair: Cary Savage, PhD

L18 IMAGING BIOMARKERS OF MILD TBI:  VOLUMETRIC, DIFFUSION TENSOR, AND MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY APPROACHES

- Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD

L19 PHYSIOLOGICAL IMAGING IN SEVERE TBI

- David K. Menon, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCA, FMedSci

4:30 - 5:00

L20 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF SPINAL CORD INJURY IN RODENT MODELS

- Mehmet Bilgen, PhD

5:00 - 5:15 PM

NATIONAL NEUROTRAUMA SOCIETY

AWARD PRESENTATIONS

by 6:00 PM

POSTER REMOVAL (Sessions C&D)

6:00 - 8:00 PM

WINTR RECEPTION & MENTORING PROGRAM  

* Ticket Required

Sponsored by Acorda Therapeutics

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1

7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Networking Center, Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00 - 9:30 AM

CME: 1.5

L22 NEURO PROSTHETICS USING POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX

- Jeremy Emken, PhD

L23 NANO KNITTING: PEPTIDE NANOFIBER SCAFFOLD FOR BRAIN REPAIR

- Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, PhD

10:00 - 10:30 AM

CME: 0.5

SESSION 10 - PATIENT PERSPECTIVE

Chair: Bruce Lyeth, PhD

Speaker: Ms. Billie Jean Huskey

10:45 - 11:30 AM

STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION AWARDS CEREMONY & CLOSING REMARKS

12:00 PM

Registration/Information Desk Closes

All completed Evaluation forms, CME certificates and other materials must be turned in prior to this time.